肯尼亚蒙巴萨，11月6日——肯尼亚一家法院周五判处邪教头目保罗·麦肯齐200年监禁，罪名是他下令饿死190名儿童，并将他们埋在森林里。这起事件是现代史上最致命的邪教相关大规模杀人案之一，共有500名疑似受害者。
MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov 6 - A Kenyan court sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death on his orders and buried in a forest, among 500 suspected victims of one of the deadliest cult-related mass killings of modern times.
迪亚娜·卡维扎法官在宣读判决时表示，这项刑期包括因饥饿致死罪判处100年，因直接杀人罪判处100年。
The sentence comprised 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years for direct homicide, Justice Diana Kavedza said, reading out the judgement.
检方称，麦肯齐曾领导肯尼亚东部印度洋沿岸一处森林中的末世基督教教会，他告诉追随者们，在世界末日来临前，要与他们的孩子一起饿死自己，以升入天堂。
Prosecutors said Mackenzie, who led an apocalyptic Christian church in a forest near eastern Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, had told his followers to starve themselves to death, along with their children, to reach heaven before the end of the world.
他的同伙威胁并殴打受害者，以确保他们服从他的命令。这些骨瘦如柴的尸体被发现散落在浅坟和厕所里。有些人甚至被活埋。
His accomplices threatened and beat victims to ensure they followed his orders. The emaciated bodies were found scattered in shallow graves and dumped in latrines. Some had been buried alive.
麦肯齐身穿灰色Polo衫和黑色长裤，在法官于法院外搭建的帐篷里宣读判决时，他没有表现出任何反应。
Mackenzie, wearing a grey polo shirt and black trousers, did not react as the judge read out his sentence in a tent set up outside the court where the hearing was held.
他否认了谋杀指控，声称他没有强迫受害者挨饿。法院驳回了他的辩护。
He had denied murder charges, saying he did not force the victims to starve. The court rejected his defence.
28名同伙被判处10年至160年不等的刑期。所有同伙在上个月的审判中均被判有罪。
Twenty-eight accomplices received sentences ranging from 10 to 160 years. All were found guilty at a trial last month.
代表麦肯齐及几乎所有其他被定罪者的辩护律师劳伦斯·奥博尼奥表示，他将对裁决提出上诉。
Defence lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, who represents Mackenzie and almost all of the others convicted, said he would appeal the ruling.
卡维扎表示，麦肯齐通过他富有魅力的媒体形象赢得了受害者的信任，然后将目标对准了手无寸铁、脆弱的追随者。她说，那些试图打破禁食的人遭到殴打和捆绑。
Kavedza said Mackenzie had won the trust of his victims through his charismatic media presence and then targeted defenceless, vulnerable followers. Those who tried to break the fast were beaten and tied up, she said.
“孩子们眼睁睁地看着他们的兄弟姐妹在忍饥挨饿数日后死去，”她说。“那些偷窃食物或水的人遭到殴打，双手被绑起来锁在房子里，变成了禁食死亡的牢房。” 父亲痛失六个孩子 2023年4月，当警方开始在沿海城镇马林迪附近的沙卡霍拉森林中发现尸体时，此案震惊了肯尼亚。
"Children observed as their siblings dropped dead after enduring hunger for days," she said. "Those who stole food or water were beaten, their hands tied and locked up in houses, turned into fasting bays to die." FATHER LOST SIX CHILDREN The case shocked Kenya in April 2023, when police began uncovering bodies in Shakahola Forest near the coastal town of Malindi.
尽管审判仅涵盖了190名儿童和一名成年受害者的案件，但肯尼亚国家人权委员会表示，最终在森林中发现了448具尸体。
Although only the cases of 190 children and one adult victim were covered by the trial, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says 448 bodies were ultimately found in the forest.
麦肯齐还被指控下令杀害在距离此地30公里（18英里）的一个村庄的另一处地点发现的52人，使嫌疑死亡总人数达到500人。他在该案中已表示不认罪。
Mackenzie is also accused of ordering the deaths of 52 people found at a separate location in a village 30 km (18 miles) away, bringing the suspected total toll to 500. He has pleaded not guilty in that case.
此次杀戮的规模可与2000年乌干达一个末日邪教杀害700多人、以及1978年圭亚那琼斯镇大屠杀（一名美国邪教领袖下令900多人饮毒自杀）相提并论。
The scale of the killing is comparable to that of a doomsday cult that killed more than 700 people in Uganda in 2000, and the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana, when an American cult leader killed more than 900 people by ordering them to drink poison.
斯蒂芬·姆维蒂，48岁，是麦肯齐六名儿童受害者的父亲，也是麦肯齐一名已定罪同谋的丈夫。他说，他的妻子带着孩子们去了沙卡霍拉，在那里他们被活活饿死。
Stephen Mwiti, 48, father of six of Mackenzie's child victims and husband of one of his convicted accomplices, said his wife had taken the children to Shakahola, where they were starved to death. Even if the adults had agreed to fast, "what about the children?" Mwiti told Reuters ahead of the sentencing.
姆维蒂在宣判前对路透社表示，即使成年人同意绝食，“孩子们怎么办？”
"I lost children and I will not be able to get them back no matter what happens to Mackenzie and his accomplices," Mwiti said.
姆维蒂说：“我失去了孩子，无论麦肯齐和他的同谋遭遇什么，我都无法把他们找回来。我希望他被判处死刑或终身监禁，这样他就永远不会出来再制造更多死亡。” 保罗·麦肯齐的儿子之一丹·麦肯齐说，他的父亲连自己的家人都不放过。
"I expect him to be sentenced to death or be jailed for life so that he never comes out to cause more deaths." Dan Mackenzie, one of Paul Mackenzie's sons, said his father did not spare his own family. "I didn't end up in Shakahola, because I didn't believe anymore about ... going to heaven.
他对路透社说：“我没有去沙卡霍拉，因为我不再相信……去天堂那套说法了。所以我离开了教会，开始过自己的生活。我也失去了朋友，还有我的弟弟。这对我们在沙卡霍拉失去的亲人来说是伸张正义。” 重要一步，但仍需更多问责 麦肯齐自2017年以来就已进入当局视野，当时警方搜查了他的场所。2019年，当局关闭了麦肯齐在马林迪的教会，他随后搬到了附近的沙卡霍拉森林。
So I left the church and started doing my own thing," he told Reuters. "I lost friends too, and my younger brother. It's justice to the people who we lost over there in Shakahola." AN IMPORTANT STEP, BUT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDED Mackenzie had been on the radar of the authorities since 2017, when police searched his premises. In 2019, authorities shut down Mackenzie's church in Malindi and he relocated to the nearby Shakahola Forest.
这些发现引发了对宗教团体实施更严格监管的呼声。总统威廉·鲁托于2023年5月任命了一个工作组，负责审查法律和监管框架，随后政府支持的提案和参议院提案分别于2024年发布，但尚未通过成为法律。
The discoveries prompted calls for tighter oversight of religious groups. President William Ruto appointed a task force in May 2023 to review the legal and regulatory framework, and separate government-backed and Senate proposals were published in 2024, though they have yet to be passed into law.
肯尼亚人权委员会快速反应部门负责人奥吉罗·奥迪安博表示，这一定罪是重要一步，但问责应当进一步深入，因为地方行政人员、警察、情报官员和宗教领袖未能对反复出现的预警信号采取行动，负有责任。“所有这些人都辜负了民众，”他说。
Ojiro Odhiambo, head of rapid response at the Kenya Human Rights Commission, said the conviction was an important step but accountability should go further as local administrators, police, intelligence officers and religious leaders bore responsibility for failing to act on repeated warning signs. "All these people have failed the people," he said.
卡韦扎同意肯尼亚体制机构失职的看法，并呼吁议会采取措施防止类似事件再次发生。
Kavedza agreed that Kenyan institutions had failed and she called for parliament to take steps to prevent it from happening again.
2023年，鲁托表示，他作为总统为政府未能阻止这些死亡事件承担责任。
In 2023, Ruto said he took responsibility as president for the government having failed to prevent the deaths.